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The Hetzer was small, cramped, and had a gun mounted on the wrong side... yet somehow, it worked.
While the rest of the German army was building massive tanks like the Panther and Tiger, the Hetzer was the oddball. Somewhat light, fast, and slapped together using an outdated tank chassis, an untested design and a whole lot of duct tape not really, but it sure feels like it. created out of nesesstey after the bombing raid that crippled StuG III production, this little vehicle filled a gap in Germany’s war machine.

In this video, we dive into, why did the Hetzer exist in the first place, how the factory bombing forced its rushed development, Its weird design quirks and why it performed way better than it had any right to

This is the story of the Hetzer — a flawed but fascinating tank destroyer that proves sometimes, "good enough" is all you need.